[plug] Chevy Volt/Vauxhall Ampera with a Linux Mention

[John Knight]

This gave me a big smile, glad to see Linux appearing in the most random of places (that being in the review, not the car itself, which makes great sense). :)

URL:
http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/vauhall-ampera-close-encounter?imageNo=11

Quote:
You've got two screens, the driver's one
showing speedo, electric charge and range, and the usual eco-car 
multicoloured
glow ‘driving coach': green if you're being good, through to brown and 
red if
you're in what it deems too much of a hurry. You can tell this car is a
prototype because while it's booting-up, the Linux penguin flashes up 
for a
couple of seconds. The other screen is for climate, stereo, nav and so 
on. The
climate and stereo switchgear is touch-sensitive. It's ever so slightly
reminiscent of an American microwave oven, but we'll let that pass.

Cheers all!
John

"...it was brilliant, there was three up against a thousand, and boy, did we give those three heaps!"


 		 	   		  
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